Reasons for finding out gender?

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courtrobbs wrote:

Hi all! My husband and I are finding out what babe is at 20 weeks because I'm and organized freak and want to have absolutely everything ready before babe comes including clothes at what not. What are your reasons for finding out or not finding out :)

hahaha. I definitely did not feel like I knew everything about my son when they handed him to me just because I knew he was a boy already. In fact, I remember being discharged from the hospital being like... I can’t believe they’re just gonna send us home with him- we have no idea what we’re doing! I also had no idea what type of personality he was going to have.. would he be happy or fussy? Good sleeper? Hair? Blue eyes or brown? Would he look like me? How tall? What will his voice sound like? And on and on...

Personally, I found out bc I knew that I would feel more connected once I knew it was a boy or a girl and healthy. It also let us pick a name, and I started to picture what my family might be like. It was also easier for buying stuff, though we always planned two kids so I tended towards gender neutral anyways. Little did I know #2 is a boy too!!

we didn’t find out for our first because I thought it was one of the last true surprises in life but with our second if have no time for surprises lol. The good thing is we have everything we need regardless since it’s all neutral from the first. (Like nursery set, swing, etc)

I would have loved to wait till birth to find out just because it must be an incredible moment, but we are having identical twins and I need to be prepared. Moreover, as they will be the same sex, we would have the surprise for the first one only, which I don’t find fair. In my opinion, it’s a surprise anyway, whether you find out during an ultrasound or at birth.

we also didn’t find out with our first but we are thinking we are going to find out with this one. I can’t really pinpoint why I want to know this time, but I do. It was very cool to have that surprise in the delivery room, though!

I have 2 girls so if baby number 3 is a girl I have everything. If it’s a boy then I want to be able to change the nursery and get some boy clothes.

For some reason finding out makes everything feel more real for me. I feel like I can connect with the baby more once I know. I also don’t like to waste time deciding on 2 names so I don’t even bother thinking of names until I find out and then we only have to decide on one.

I’m having my third surprise, I just love the intense excitement towards the end wondering if it’s a boy or girl. I always imagined that moment of “it’s a boy or it’s a girl” after they are born which I unfortunately don’t get to experience as I have to have general anaesthetics but still a surprise. I have not felt in anyway unprepared for the baby just because I don’t know what they are but I do understand that’s a good reason for a lot of people to find out.

This is our second and we’ll be finding out because, like every one else has said, I like to be organized. We have a daughter, and if this one is a boy and we decide to have a third child, we will probably not find out the gender since we’ll already have everything.

I don’t like surprises and I’m a curious person, so my husband and I knew we wanted to find out yesterday at our 18 week ultrasound. I had a feeling it will help us feel even more connected to this little baby and it sure did. My husband’s face when we saw that it was a boy was priceless. We are over the moon calling this baby “he” instead of “it.” 😍

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